NAVAL BATTLE OF ROANOKE ISLAND WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1961
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THE CONFEDERATE FLEET, AFTER A SHARP ENGAGEMENT WHICH WAS ENDED ONLY BY DARKNESS, WAS FORCED TO RETIRE DUE TO LACK OF AMMUNITION. ON FEBRUARY 8, 1862, A DETACHMENT OF FEDERAL SHIPS UNDER COMMANDER S.C. ROWAN WAS SENT INTO ALBERMARLE SOUND IN PURSUIT OF THE CONFEDERATE FLEET. THE UNION FORCES WERE NOW IN CONTROL OF MOST OF THE INLAND WATERS OF NORTH-EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
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